In Grasmere from the Broadgate car park: return to the main road and turn left past the Co-op, to the Cunningham’s Outdoor shop. Turn right into Easedale Road. From the Stock Lane car park: walk into the village centre, past the church, and outside the Cunningham’s Outdoor shop turn left into Easedale road. On the wall beside the turning is a large slate sign painted “Easedale Tarn” and an arrow. Follow this minor road past the Youth Hostel, houses and holiday cottages, and the bridge over Easedale Beck.

As the road curves right, a footbridge crosses the beck on the left, opposite a post box is embedded in the wall. Cross this footbridge, over the slate bridge, and onto the track beyond. Whilst the surface is amazingly well engineered, it is as rough as old cobbled streets and quite hard work. Go through the gate and continue on the track.

The river remains on your right. Through the next gate and into the field. Beware if there are cows with calves here. At the time of survey (July 2012) cattle were in the previous field separated by a fence. With the amount of pedestrian traffic about they are probably used to people and dogs, but caution would be wise.

Bear right, and then left away from the track onto the path signposted “Public Bridleway”. The field gradually narrows with the river back alongside. Go through the kissing gate and onto the fell. The track starts climbing with a wall on the right hand side. After a while it bears left to climb alongside Sourmilk Gill.

At the top of the gill the aspect suddenly opens and the tarn is revealed! Return by the same route.